Should Your Employees Be Bringing Babies to Work?
Senator Tammy Duckworth recently brought her newborn daughter to work. It was the first time a baby has been allowed on the Senate floor.
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Maryland Restricts Noncompete Agreements for Veterinary and Health Care Professionals
Maryland is among the latest states to restrict noncompete agreements in employment contracts. A new state law, the Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Clauses for Veterinary and Health Care Professionals and Study of the Health Care Market, restricts the use of noncompete and conflict of interest agreements in certain employment contracts for Maryland veterinary and […]
More Ways to Improve Employee Experience in a Candidate-Driven Market
In part one, we covered how improving your hiring process by focusing on the candidate experience is a sure-fire way to progress your overall employee experience, which in turn will keep top talent sticking around.
Work Toward Ensuring Workplace Harmony
Yesterday’s Advisor featured steps from coach Akshay Nanavati on how to end the cycle of conflict in your workplace and foster workplace harmony. Today, Nanavati shares more tips for conflict resolution.
To What Extent Must Employees’ Family Obligations Be Accommodated?
By Dominique Launay Your employee is a single parent. He has to drop his children off at school each morning. They can’t be dropped off earlier than 9 a.m. He has to be back at the school by 5 p.m. to pick them up from their after-school care. He has no family to assist him. […]
How to Painlessly Communicate Employee Equity Compensation Programs
By Linda Itskovitz, GuideSpark Today’s hot job market means that companies must find effective methods to entice talented individuals to join their company or risk losing top talent to a competitor. More than ever before, tried-and-true equity compensation programs are proving to be a valuable tool to attract and engage new prospects and employees.
Employees Can Multitask on a Mutant Mobile Device
Employees love to multitask, and now a new high-tech hybrid will help them take it to a new level.
IRS Releases Clarification on Tax Treatment of Wellness Reimbursements and Incentives
By Jennifer Carsen, JD, Senior Legal Editor In a new guidance dated April 14, 2016, the IRS states that an employer may not exclude from an employee’s gross income payments of cash rewards for participating in a wellness program.
Infographic: Average Starting Salaries to Rise 3.6% in 2017
Newly released 2017 Salary Guides from Robert Half show that national average starting salaries for U.S. professional occupations are expected to increase 3.6% next year. “With skilled professionals in high demand and short supply, more employers are willing to negotiate compensation with potential hires,” Paul McDonald, senior executive director at Robert Half, said in a […]
Employers, There’s a Right Way to Distribute MLR Rebates
Today was the final day for insurers to issue rebates for 2011 premiums (as required by health reform), so employers should know by now whether they got one. The next step employers face is passing the proper amount of the rebate on to employees. When rebates go to employers, the incentives favor applying the rebates to […]